RE: RE: Production Oracle DBA Needed in Rochester, Minnesota

Ahhh...be careful what you ask for. If that were truly the case, then you might not be able to find a job, since you would be outbid from someone working else where. Obviously, skills are a critical factor, but explain that to the bean counters...

Some of the developers here are becoming very angry because some of the work has been "farmed-out" overseas because of their lower rates. It is a very interesting situation that I am quietly observing. The world is indeed becoming smaller.

I have carefully worded this email in the hopes that I do not offend some of the VERY talented/god-like DBAs we have on this list that come a variety of locations around this great planet. I hope that I have succeeded.

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:04 PM
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Yeah, does anybody know what happened to the new Internet concept of "location doesn't matter"? I thought by now I could be sitting at home taking DBA assignments all over the country, if not over the world?

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:44 AM
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> If you need a change of location, you can get one easier...
OK, now I understand what you meant.

I can testify to the relocation potential because I recently escaped the Silicon Valley rat race to come up here to God's country. Nevertheless, I still fantasize about rendering remote DBA support via a laptop with multi-band satellite connectivity from a log cabin while snowed in at 10,000 feet. (Or while lounging in a hammock on some Carribean Ilse.) While I support servers 1000's of miles away, employers like to see you and hear you tapping on the keyboard. Working and living ANYWHERE is not so much a technical problem as it is an organizational, human relations challenge. Sigh...

Steve Orr
Still in Bozeman, MONTANA!!!

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:04 AM
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Well, up until about a couple of years ago, that was very true from what I experienced... Now, perhaps it takes a bit more work, but there seems to be enough demand around for the time being..... Perhaps number 10 should be rather:

1. If you need a change of location, you can get one easier than with other jobs.

RF

Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
Oracle DBA Technical Lead
CSX Midtier Database Administration

The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:04 PM
To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
Cc: Freeman, Robert

> 10. So I can live where I choose.

Oh really? How do you manage that?

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:23 AM
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Hey, I got five scampers running around right now.... youngest is 9 and the oldest is *gasp* 16....

10 Reasons I became a DBA

1. So I don't have to mow my own lawn
2. So I don't have to change my own oil.
3. So I don't have to move my own furniture.
4. So I can have 5 kids and a wife.
5. So I can afford two NICE cars (well, mostly nice until the kids get to them).
6. So I can eat out every day if I choose.
7. One word, big screen TV (ok, three words).
8. Because it's cool.
9. Because I like getting paged at 3 in the morning to save someone's butt and have them owe me BIG.
10. So I can live where I choose.

RF

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